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70s style silage pit and cubicle house adjacent

  • 07-12-2014 12:32am
    #1
    learnabout
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    i have a roofed silage pit and 38 cubicle house for suckler cows all self feeding from face of pit ! ! thinking its a waste of good roofing and concrete to have a silage clamp there and would it be an idea to convert the pit area into cubicles and pens and feed round bales of any suggestions ? im hobby farming really as i have a full time job and dont want to layout big money to farming but any ideas to make it easier during winter would be great ! thinking about automatic scrapers and that ? please any ideas from experiance id be greatful


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  • #2
    Sam Kade
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    Would you have enough slurry storage for the extra cattle? i assume it's an open tank you have.


  • #3
    learnabout
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Would you have enough slurry storage for the extra cattle? i assume it's an open tank you have.
    very good point ! its an open tank yes ! could be an issue but have roadways to spread off into fields if got stuck so i guess i could manage


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    Sam Kade
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    learnabout wrote: »
    very good point ! its an open tank yes ! could be an issue but have roadways to spread off into fields if got stuck so i guess i could manage
    Have you enough storage for your area? You need storage for rainwater over the tank and any uncovered yards that flow into the tank as well as slurry also free board. It could be 3 feet dept of tank on average just for rain water and free board before any slurry is accounted for.


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    Willfarman
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    Would using the pit as a straw bed be an option?


  • #6
    learnabout
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Have you enough storage for your area? You need storage for rainwater over the tank and any uncovered yards that flow into the tank as well as slurry also free board. It could be 3 feet dept of tank on average just for rain water and free board before any slurry is accounted for.
    I'd manage the slurry alright its already handling the rainwater going in would be the same as now! Just say 30 extra cattle! Yes the slurry is under control


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  • #7
    learnabout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭learnabout


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Would using the pit as a straw bed be an option?
    Costly and labour intensive no? Could be an option? Where to feed them then? Round feeder? Barrier?


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    Willfarman
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    learnabout wrote: »
    Costly and labour intensive no? Could be an option? Where to feed them then? Round feeder? Barrier?

    Ring feeder. You would need some way of storing straw tho.


  • #9
    learnabout
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭learnabout


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Ring feeder. You would need some way of storing straw tho.
    yes i would and i dont have that ! was thinking cubicles would be cheaper long run


  • #10
    ford 5600
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    I reckon you would be as far on digging out a slatted tank crossways across one end . You may think you have enough storage for slurry, but let a dept man inspect you and then you will know quick that you fail miserably on that score. Price in straw, storage for the straw, and time/ labour , considering you work full time, and its win win for the tank. you wont regret it .


  • #11
    learnabout
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    ford 5600 wrote: »
    I reckon you would be as far on digging out a slatted tank crossways across one end . You may think you have enough storage for slurry, but let a dept man inspect you and then you will know quick that you fail miserably on that score. Price in straw, storage for the straw, and time/ labour , considering you work full time, and its win win for the tank. you wont regret it .
    what kind of money would I be looking at? Grant available?


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  • #12
    learnabout
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    ford 5600 wrote: »
    I reckon you would be as far on digging out a slatted tank crossways across one end . You may think you have enough storage for slurry, but let a dept man inspect you and then you will know quick that you fail miserably on that score. Price in straw, storage for the straw, and time/ labour , considering you work full time, and its win win for the tank. you wont regret it .
    what kind of money would I be looking at? Grant available?
    The slurry tank I have is walled! Would I be better building slats on that and putting in one if those round tanks for the exceed slurry at that going ? That's allot of money tho but maybe the best route???


  • #13
    whelan2
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    learnabout wrote: »
    i have a roofed silage pit and 38 cubicle house for suckler cows all self feeding from face of pit ! ! thinking its a waste of good roofing and concrete to have a silage clamp there and would it be an idea to convert the pit area into cubicles and pens and feed round bales of any suggestions ? im hobby farming really as i have a full time job and dont want to layout big money to farming but any ideas to make it easier during winter would be great ! thinking about automatic scrapers and that ? please any ideas from experiance id be greatful
    i put in 56 cubicles 28 in each shed, dug a slatted tank at the front of the 2 sheds, put in an easi feed system/trough, Dug a slatted tank, afaik tank is 110 foot long, 8ft deep at 1 end and 11 at the other-hit rock when digging. We also had a lene too on to the bedded area beside silage pit and this was made into milking parlour-now not used- I didnt put in automatic scrapers til a few years after the cubicles went in. Scraped them by hand. Now these sheds house sucklers and i have fr heifers and a bull in one area of it. Plenty of slurry storage. Put a roof over slatted/ feed area. The side where the silage pit was was too wide for the cubicles , we ended up with a narrow passage up the length of the shed , i use this to store sawdust/small square bales of straw etc


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